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Question for Matt Smith and/or fortmill

B

bpatrick

I'm trying to get some information on local
religious programs that have aired on North
Carolina stations. Do either of you know
anything about the following:

TV Pulpit (WGHP)
In Search Of A Moral Understanding (WGHP)
Pastors Face Your Questions (WBTV)
Count On Me (WLOS)
Send The Light (WLOS) (I think this one is
on WGGS Greenville, SC now.)

I'd appreciate anything you guys can tell me
about these programs.
 
[quotePastors Face Your Questions (WBTV)[/quote]

I remember this program. When I first remember seeing it, it was presented about 1:00pm on Sunday afternoons.

If memory serves, it was produced by WBTV and presented by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Ministerial Association, and hosted by the President of that association.

The format had 4 or 5 ministers seated around a semicircular table with the host/moderator in the center. The host would introduce the ministers appearing on that day's broadcast, then open with the day's question on Christian doctrine. The ministers would each have a set time to state their position on the question.

The balance of the program had the host presenting letters from viewers with questions which the panel would discuss as each felt led.

As NFL football games began airing at earlier times, WBTV began pre-recording Pastors Face Your Questions and presenting it Sunday mornings during the "worship hours", which killed its viewership by church-going people and brought a swift end to the program.

This program was, in a sense, WBTV's answer to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's. Many of the issues on the program were social in nature. In the 1950's and 60's, it was normally the only time that African-American community leaders were seen on Channel 3.

Well, that's what I remember of the program.

Later....
Matt Smith
WGSR-TV
 
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